Friday’s roundup: Valley Christian, Bellarmine go down

I don’t know that you can really call any result an upset when you’re dealing with teenage athletes.

But…
Quite a few surprising results tonight. Oh, that West Catholic League; never ceases to entertain. As always, a quick plug for our Twitter page, which is the fastest way to get results. And a reminder to send in your Athlete of the Week, Movin’ On Up and Highlight Reel nominations.

To the roundup:

Bay Area News Group
Cameron Moody rushed for 90 of his 150 yards in the second half as Menlo-Atherton (3-6, 2-3) rallied from a 27-0 deficit to stun visiting Burlingame 31-27, denying the Panthers a share of the Peninsula Athletic League Bay Division title.
Burlingame (5-4, 3-2) had already qualified for the Central Coast Section playoffs but had dreams of a co-championship entering the final league contest.
The Panthers had their way early as Jordan Pessah and Dan Cuddy each scored twice to help them build a 27-0 advantage midway through the second quarter. Sam Falkenhagen’s successful PAT, which he had to make from 18 yards out, gave the Bears a 28-27 lead early in the fourth quarter. He added a 43-yard field goal with 4:37 remaining to play for a little insurance.
Menlo-Atherton limited Burlingame to 47 total yards in the second half. Junior Sakalia scored on second-half touchdown runs of 27 and 2 yards for the Bears, who generated 226 of their 361 total yards in the second half.
—Rick Eymer

THE KING’S ACADEMY 35, ARAGON 13
Senior running back Amir Carlisle had 316 yards and four touchdowns to lead the way for the Knights. On defense, linebacker Thomas Dana totaled 20 tackles and an interception return for a TD. Ben Leong added nine tackles and an interception. TKA tied for fourth in the PAL Bay with Menlo-Atherton, which will receive the division’s fourth automatic CCS berth by virtue of having beaten TKA.

OAK GROVE 48, ANDREW HILL 17
Cleveland Wallace piled up 172 all-purpose yards and scored four touchdowns to lead the Eagles to their fifth straight win. Quarterback Ray Rivera was 7 for 8 for 141 yards and four touchdowns. Scott Lawyer led Oak Grove’s defensive effort with three sacks and a blocked punt. Eugene Taylor had two sacks and recovered a fumble. Gilbert Herrera and Cedric Graves scored for Andrew Hill.

BVAL Santa Teresa
WILLOW GLEN 52, GUNDERSON 0
Bret Bigger, Malcolm Hill and Markell Moore each had an interception to lead a defense that has three shutouts this season. James Johnson added a sack, and quarterback Mitch Ravizza took care of the offense, completing 13 of 24 passes for 193 yards and two touchdowns.

SOBRATO 47, EVERGREEN VALLEY 7
Connor Havstad and Alex Hagiaperris each scored two touchdowns and quarterback Jerry Jacob rushed for one and threw for two more as Sobrato rolled. Obi Mbonu rushed for 121 yards in 13 carries and scored a touchdown. Sobrato’s defense held Evergreen Valley to 81 yards of offense.

SCVAL De Anza
LOS GATOS 42, HOMESTEAD 14
Los Gatos kept the ball on the ground, with both Andy Heimer and Garret Zeiter going over 100 yards. Zeiter rushed for 140 yards and three touchdowns, and Heimer ran for 105 in 22 carries. Shane Smith led the defense with 11 tackles, and Blair Gardner and Taig Mcnulty had 10 each.

Palo Alto had six turnovers against visiting Mountain View but overcame the mistakes.
Christoph Bono finished 8 of 14 passing for 187 yards and two touchdowns for Palo Alto (9-0), but the senior quarterback also threw two interceptions and lost three fumbles.
Palo Alto’s Dre Hill had 11 carries for 173 yards and two touchdowns, one in each half.
— Vytas Mazeika

Alex Pavlovic

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@westcoast
You lost, get over it….better yet call the FBI, NSA, CIA…. I am sure this is a matter of highest national security…
Mitty could post all day long how they were denied a championship by a bad call…taking the higher road.
Good luck to the bells as the season playoffs begin…

CCS_Football_Dad

Westcoast – already looking to 2011 …… not a good sign …… you must have resigned yourself to being 3rd best in the WCAL this year…..

2010 – the year the Earth stood still 🙂

Westcoast15

@gridiron

you obviously didnt read my post brother… im well over the loss and know nothing will come of the issue doesnt take a genious to see that… but again wanted to get the facts straight on how the game ended and how it looked suspect … try reading folks posts once and awhile instead of trying to be mr. funny guy with your witty post…

Fyi i dont remember hearing of a VC alumni being a Ref in that game that your refering too so dont see the comparision ???… try to make sense atleast when your attempting to make a point.

Have a good day.

SACFOOTBALL

Go Bellermine win CCS….So two SJS section Champions go to State!!!

I like how people are already saying next year will be our year. Good luck with that. Doesn’t mean next year the refs screw you over again.

BCP Alum

Thanks for the well wishes SACFOOTBALL/WestSideSantaClara

Westcoast15

@ CCS_Football_Dad says:
November 10th, 2010 at 12:01 pm
Westcoast – already looking to 2011 …… not a good sign …… you must have resigned yourself to being 3rd best in the WCAL this year…..

2010 – the year the Earth stood still

LOL NO NO … im looking forward to the Bells playing spoilers and getting a shot at redemption Vs Mitty or VC (either matchup is going to be a great game ) …but 1st we need to beat a very good Serra team … VC can have the WCAL title … our boys have thier sites set on being 3 time consecutive CCS champs ! a feat never accoplished before …. ;o)

Go Bells !!!

WCAL75

@CCS_Football_Dad..You say that the CCS is not good enough to represent norcal this year. Who else is there other than a Pleasant Grove team in SJS D-1(extremely weak division). No one. If VC or PA or Palma wins CCS they will get the nod over PG.

Hatch

Of course, because the coaches(especially coaches from the same section as the teams getting the bids) are the ones who decide who goes to the SBG. That and the SBG bids have already been decided before the regular season has even finished, right?

I actually personally know the CCS Commissioner and she said no bid discussions take place until sectional playoffs are complete since it’s the commissioners who decide which teams will represent NorCal in the SBG. She also said coaches have no say in the matter and that your two coaches are “rambling idiots”. True story.

SACFOOTBALL says:
November 10th, 2010 at 10:00 am
I’VE ALREADY TALKED TO TWO COACHES INVOLVED WITH THIS, AND BOTH TOLD ME THAT IF GRANT WINS THEIR IN THE OPEN.

WCAL75

@Hatch..Do not believe a word that comes from Saco. He is just making that up about knowing coaches. Every thing that comes out the the guys mouth is BS and/or lies that he makes up to get a rise. He is actually not even a real SJS fan. This guy is westside putting on an act. He actually has about three different user names

WCAL75

He is not the Sacfb on norcal preps. Or if he is he can prove by making a post over there right now saying he is

Some Guy

Haha, nice Hatch. I can’t figure out if Sacboy is too embarrassed to admit he might be wrong when he is presented with facts, or if he is really that delusional about his love for the SJS/hatred for the CCS that he would repeatedly lie about things to help (dig his grave, er) prove his point.

Gridiron, you must have a selective memory. Go back and read the posts following Mittys loss to VC. I didn’t see any Mitty supporters “taking the high road”. I saw complaining just like west coast, just like oak grove in the 2008 open semis, just like the “knee was down” play last year.

BCP Alum

SACFOOTBALL isn’t from the SJS he’s a poster from the CCS. He doesn’t know much about Sacramento football beyond stuff that is easily found on the web. He knows much more about CCS football than SJS football. He’s a fraud.

CCS_Football_Dad

I have not seen PA play, but I have seen Bell, Mitty and VC play. Except for a few exceptional players, they are too small and too slow. Do not get me wrong, good teams, but I fear bigger and faster teams with potent passing attacks would kill them.

I would love to be wrong, so someone persuade me.

WCAL75

@CCS_Football_Dad..The one thing about the WCAL is that they knock each other off and play each other very tough and it makes them look not as good as they really are. You have to see the way they play other teams outside of the WCAL. VC for example wiped out a top rated SJS Vacaville..Last year people said the same thing about Bellarmine when they went to state against the D-1 Socal Power House Oceanside. Because Bellarmine had been played so tough in league and barely beating St Francis in the CCS finals last year, no one even gave them a chance against the dynamic talent of Oceanside. Bellarmine ended up taking Oceanside to the limit and lost a very close game in the final minute.

The CCS open division this year is stacked top to bottom with strong teams(except Jefferson). Who ever wins it will represent norcal just fine..Unfortunately for the CCS winner to get the open bid, the winner will have to be either VC, PA(Is a very good team) or Palma. If some of the other WCAL teams win, they have some losses on their record and the open bid will go to PG from the SJS if they win.

SACFOOTBALL

Goooo Mitty win the CCS title so 2 SJS teams go to the CIF…..10-3-1 ain’t gonna get it done.

Hatch

10-3-1 would still beat PG.

CCS_Football_Dad

WCAL:

That was last year. BCP not as good this year…. so what is your point?

WCAL75

If you did not get the point..you are not going to get it..

You say…”The reality is the CCS is not good enough to represent NorCal this year in football” I say there is no better team in Norcal than the CCS Open division winner to represent norcal in the D-1 that are eligible. Since DLS is going to be in the Open game and Grant is going to be possibly in the D-2 Game. That leaves the D-1 game open to the winner of the CCS Open..I then ask you what team in Norcal is better than than the CCS open winner to represent Norcal. I say no one. Who is this great team you speak of that is better able to represent Norcal in the D-1 game other than the CCS open division winner?

Westcoast15

@ CCS_Football_Dad says:

That was last year. BCP not as good this year…. so what is your point?

His point is WCAL Teams beat up on each other each year … they dont just have a 1 team juggernot cleaning house in league play every year… they have 5 strong football programs BCP,VC,SF,MITTY,SERRA that easily could win CCS this year …dont be fooled by win/loss records especially when they are in league play to each other when looking at WCAL teams is the Point…